canticle of canticles

Questions about canticle of canticles

What does canticle of canticles mean?

canticle of canticles means "an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later".

What is another word for canticle of canticles?

Close synonyms include Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticles. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is canticle of canticles a common word?

canticle of canticles is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.